008 2018 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PHOTO GALLERY<\/span><\/strong> 020 BANDANNA, KIDS AND THE DOWN-TO-EARTH CAELEB DRESSEL<\/span><\/strong> 022 CAELEB DRESSEL LEADS MYTHICAL MASHING OF RECORDS AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/span><\/strong> 024 WHEN TEXAS NEEDS HIM, TOWNLEY HAAS COMES UP BIG<\/span><\/strong> 025 COLEMAN STEWART STUNS WITH TITLE FROM LANE 1 \u2014 AFTER DOUBLE<\/span><\/strong> 026 LEGENDARY NCAA CAREER COMPLETE, THE REAL TEST AWAITS CAELEB DRESSEL<\/span><\/strong> 029 RECORD RELAY JUST THE BEGINNING AT NCAA CHAMPIONSHIPS<\/span><\/strong> 030 STEELE JOHNSON WINS FIFTH NCAA DIVING TITLE \u2014 ALL WITH BROKEN FOOT<\/span><\/strong> 032 CSCAA AWARDS: DRESSEL, LOOZE TAKE SWIMMING ACCOLADES<\/span><\/strong> 034 TEXAS FOUR-PEATS: HOW DID WE FALL FOR IT AGAIN?<\/span><\/strong> 038 SHORTEST NIGHT, LONGEST RELAY, INSTANT HISTORY FOR NC STATE, INDIANA\u2019S PIERONI<\/span><\/strong> 040 NCAA ELITE 90 WINNER PJ RANSFORD MODEL OF STUDENT-ATHLETE<\/span><\/strong> 042 HOW THEY TRAIN: CLAIRE BECKER<\/span><\/strong> 044 PARTING SHOT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Swimming World Biweekly Feature Stories 008 2018 MEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PHOTO GALLERY by Peter H. Bick 020 BANDANNA, KIDS AND THE DOWN-TO-EARTH CAELEB DRESSEL by David Rieder At the NCAA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":304426,"template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[56108,65468],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-304425","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-swimming-world-biweekly-1","7":"product_cat-click-to-view-all-issues-in-2018-swimming-world-biweekly-1","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"downloadable","12":"virtual","13":"sold-individually","14":"purchasable","15":"product-type-simple"},"exclude_global_add_ons":[],"addons":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\r\n
\nby Peter H. Bick<\/em><\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nAt the NCAA championships, Florida coach Gregg Troy had a story to tell about Caeleb Dressel. The story wasn\u2019t about any of his American records or crazy heroics in the pool. Instead, it was about Dressel, the person.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nIn an alternate universe, there was a moment in Min-neapolis when breaking records became effortless, when vaunted barriers in the sport of swimming were felled, one after another. NCAA swimming has been transported to that alternate universe, thanks to Caeleb Dressel, the man who has become something of an urban myth.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nTownley Haas and the Texas Longhorns slogged their way through a sub-.500 dual meet season. Even Haas, the NCAA and Olympic champion and individual World Championship medalist, was losing to swimmers with far weaker credentials. But that didn\u2019t bother him: \u201cWe knew that when it came to NCAAs, we\u2019d be ready.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D’Addona<\/em>
\nAfter a good swim in the 100 butterfly prelims to reach the consolation final, North Carolina State\u2019s Coleman Stewart\u2014the top seed in the 100 back at NCAAs\u2014finished seventh, relegating him to lane one. Not to worry\u2014Stewart managed a late surge that night in finals and stunningly captured his first national title.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nFor two years, the NCAA swimming community\u00a0had already been enthralled with Caeleb Dressel. His sophomore and junior years at Florida, Dressel posted mind-numbing, internet-wrecking records at the SEC and NCAA championships…but he was unproven in the only venue that matters past college swimming: long course. With his professional career now starting, Dressel is ready for the challenge.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em>
\nNorth Carolina State\u2019s NCAA\/U.S. Open\/Championship record in the 800 free relay\u2014the opening event at men\u2019s NCAAs\u2014was a portent of things to come: it would be one of the fastest NCAA gatherings in history.<\/p>\n
\nby Dan D’Addona<\/em>
\nWhile Caeleb Dressel is baffling the world with the way he dominates in the pool, there is another kind of long-term domination happening at the NCAA champion-ships. Purdue diver Steele Johnson has been one of the biggest names in diving for years and hasn\u2019t lost a step \u2014 even with a broken foot.<\/p>\n
\nby Jason Tillotson<\/em>
\nAfter the jaw-dropping, record-breaking week that was the 2018 Division I men\u2019s NCAA championships, the College Swimming Coaches Association of America awards were released.<\/p>\n
\nby Andy Ross<\/em>
\nThis year\u2019s Texas team didn\u2019t give any indication in the regular season they would be national champions in March…but looks can be deceiving. The Longhorns had what it takes when it mattered most.<\/p>\n
\nby David Rieder<\/em>
\nSince moving the 800 free relay at NCAAs in 2016 from the end of the second day of competition to the first day\u2014all by itself\u2014swimmers have been able to take their best shots at bludgeoning relay records as well as the individual mark in the 200 free.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em>
\nThe NCAA\u2019s Elite 90 award is conferred upon \u201cthe individual reaching the pinnacle of competition at the national championship level while achieving the highest academic standard among peers.\u201d For the second straight year, the honor for men\u2019s swimming and diving was presented to senior Michigan distance swimmer PJ Ransford.<\/p>\n
\nby Michael J. Stott<\/em><\/p>\n